Author: Godfred Badu Quansah

A delegation from the Living Word Christian, Center Lake Charles Louisiana USA Jesus House of Refuge Ministries has arrived in the country to carry on free eye tests and distribute over seven hundred reading glasses to the needy. According to  Bishop Joseph Banks and Dr. Carty Banks, once the vision of people is repaired, they can be able to fend for themselves. The two clergymen spoke in an interview with reporters upon their arrival in Liberia from the United States during the weekend. They explained eye illness is increasing in Liberia and must be addressed as they have provided free…

Liberia Foreign Affairs Minister Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemeyah Sr. on Friday welcome one hundred and twenty-four Liberia Pilgrims from the Holy Land of Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 2022. Representing Liberian Leader George Manneh Weah, the foreign minister expressed joy that the Weah government made it possible for the country to be represented despite the numerous challenges. He informed the Muslim community that Mr. Weah has an interest in all Liberians and those living in Liberia, including the Muslim community. Sharing with the returnees his experience, Amb. Kemeyah said he shares the same attitude as Mr. Weah’s love for the Muslim…

Defending Basketball 1st division champions, Mighty Barrolle fell to another heartbreaking defeat at the hands of Bushrod Bulls in the ongoing big six components of the 2022 league season. The match took place on Thursday at the SKD Sports Gymnasium in Paynesville. The Rollers had a greater opportunity of winning the game after a strong performance in the third quarter that gave them a dominating lead with 58-47 points, an 11-point advantage, but they were unable to do so as the Bulls prevailed by 73-71 points, a narrow 2 points margin, in the fourth quarter. This defeat is Mighty Barrolle’s…

Internews Liberia with support from the Liberia Media Initiative in collaboration with Local Voices Liberia Media Network and Center For Media Studies and Peacebuilding has ended a two-day Fact-Checking training designed for Executive Mansion Reporters. The program which commenced Thursday came to an end on Friday at the Corina Hotel in Monrovia. The training which was also the first of its kind brought together over twenty-five Liberian journalists covering the executive mansion from separate media institutions. Speaking Friday, July 29, 2022, at the end of the training, the Chairperson of the Executive Mansion Press Corps, Ms. Dennise Nimpson thanked all…

Unity Party’s outgoing Chairman Amin Modad has congratulated all newly elected leaders at the UP convention ongoing in Gbanga, Bong County. The Unity Party’s current chairman on his social media page congratulated all winners shortly after the results were announced at the convention. “I congratulate Rev. Luther Tarpeh on winning the Chairmanship of the Unity Party and all those ascending to leadership. I thank the partisans (especially those who supported us) who braved all the challenges to participate in this convention to fulfill their democratic rights and obligations. Over the last 20 months, I was afforded the unique opportunity to…

Over 25 reporters covering the Executive Mansion are currently benefiting from a two-day intensive training on fact-checking. The training is being organized by the Liberia Media Initiative and implemented by Internews in collaboration with the Local Voices Media network and the Center for Media studies and peacebuilding. The training which commenced Thursday and is expected to end on Friday, July 29, 2022, is Co-financed by the European Union and currently taking place at the Corina Hotel in Monrovia. Speaking during the start of the training Thursday, July 28, 2022, the Project Director of the Liberia Media Initiative Samuka Konneh, said…

Amb. Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah, Sr., the foreign minister of Liberia, has praised the government and people of Japan for providing Liberia with food aid in the 9th Kennedy Round (KR), totaling 65,680.95 metric tons or 2,189,146 (30KG) bags. He claims that the goal of these commodity grants is to support Liberia’s socio-economic recovery projects that are not included in its fiscal budget. “We are proud to say that Liberia has maintained the integrity of the monetization of the KR Rice, and we will continue to do so to fully accelerate our national development agenda”. The construction of roads, housing units…

The Vice Chair for Administration for the People’s Unification Party (PUP) Benjamin K. Massaquoi has officially declared his intention to contest as Representative for District #10 Montserrado County come 2023. According to the PUP vice chair, the people of District #10 Montserrado County has struggled over the years for proper representation at the level of the House of Representatives as such the District is lacking in terms of developmental activities.  The District #10 representative hopeful expressed that residents of the District have not experienced quality Leadership something he described as an unfortunate situation. The People’s Unification Party (PUP) presumptive candidate…

U.S President Joseph R. Biden sr. has sent a letter of invitation to Liberia President George Manneh Weah to participate in a special meeting with the American Leader and special participants from Africa. The pronouncement was made during the official program marking the 175th Independence Day Celebration by the United States of America Ambassador to Liberia Micheal McCarthy on July 26 in Monrovia. The meeting organized by the American Leader is a special African Leaders Conference from selected African states to interact with Mr. Biden at the White House in Washington DC. Mr. Weah upon receiving the message welcomed the…

As Mayor Koijee Inspires Team To Aim High Monrovia- A 13-man delegation from the Liberia Chess Federation (LCF) has departed the country to participate in the 44th World Chess Olympiad in India. The 44th Chess Olympiad will take place from July 28 to August 10, 2022, in Chennai, the Capital City of the Tamil Nadu region located on the Southeastern coast of India The team’s departure followed the federation completion of it squad which include 10 players. The ten players include five males on the Open Section Team and five females on the Female Team who are expected to represent the…